Re: AW: Please no // comments in C source (ecpg)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Zeugswetter Andreas SB <ZeugswetterA(at)wien(dot)spardat(dot)at>
Cc: "'pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: AW: Please no // comments in C source (ecpg)
Date: 2000-09-25 16:03:55
Message-ID: 24788.969897835@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Zeugswetter Andreas SB <ZeugswetterA(at)wien(dot)spardat(dot)at> writes:
> That makes me the dummy that complains from time to time,
> since nobody else who compiles snapshots seems to notice :-)

I think most of the regular developers use gcc. It's good to have
people testing with other compilers --- keep it up!

Even though C99 does allow // comments, I agree that we have to keep
them out of portable code for the foreseeable future.

regards, tom lane

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